Popular Koontz hero returns

A chance encounter on the pier of Magic Beach, California, launches the newest adventure of Dean Koontz's singular hero, Odd Thomas, who has starred in three previous bestsellers. Wise beyond his 20-something years, Odd evokes the homespun wisdom of Forrest Gump amid the mind-spinning adventures of a Jack Bauer.The ultimate Everyman, the one-time fry cook is ostensibly just a...